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Stokes, Andria Hilvitz – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Recent Department of Education Reports identify a need for changes in pre-service teacher education to help close the continuance of the achievement gap. The purpose of this qualitative study is to identify the professor decision making about metacognitive pedagogical theory within preparation of preservice education programs. The study included…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Decision Making, Teacher Educators, Metacognition
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Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad; Akerson, Valarie – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
This study assessed the influence of training in, and use of, metacognitive strategies on the development of prospective elementary teachers' views of nature of science (NOS). Participants were 49 students (92% female) enrolled in two sections of an elementary science methods course. The sections were randomly assigned to an intervention group and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum